The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... Boats for the Journey - Method of Travel- ling - Parry's Journal - Latitude 81 ° 31 ′ 41 ′′ N. - Meteoro- logical Observations - Stout - built Boats - Thickness of the Ice -Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a ...
... Boats for the Journey - Method of Travel- ling - Parry's Journal - Latitude 81 ° 31 ′ 41 ′′ N. - Meteoro- logical Observations - Stout - built Boats - Thickness of the Ice -Formation of Ice - Long Time getting to 83 ° -If they had a ...
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... boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button , accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay , and wintered there without any material injury to the crew . In 1615 ...
... boat . Nothing more was heard of them . In 1612 , Sir Thomas Button , accompanied by Bylot and Prickett , explored portions of Southampton Island and Hudson's Bay , and wintered there without any material injury to the crew . In 1615 ...
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... boat and surveyed the coast as far east as Point Turnagain , in 68 ° 19 ′ N. In 1821 Sir W. E. Parry again went out , accompanied by Captain Lyon , and confirmed the discoveries of Middleton . He passed the first winter at Winter Island ...
... boat and surveyed the coast as far east as Point Turnagain , in 68 ° 19 ′ N. In 1821 Sir W. E. Parry again went out , accompanied by Captain Lyon , and confirmed the discoveries of Middleton . He passed the first winter at Winter Island ...
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... boats from the mouth of the Mackenzie River eastward , doubling Cape Bathurst , in 70 ° 31′N . , and Cape Parry , in 70 ° 6 ' N. They passed through the Dolphin and Union Strait , and thus reached the mouth of the Coppermine River ...
... boats from the mouth of the Mackenzie River eastward , doubling Cape Bathurst , in 70 ° 31′N . , and Cape Parry , in 70 ° 6 ' N. They passed through the Dolphin and Union Strait , and thus reached the mouth of the Coppermine River ...
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... boat - voyages , traced the coast from Point Barrow to the estuary of the Back River . They laid down portions of Wol- laston Land , and of King William's Island . Thus , the only gap in the completion of the North - West Passage was a ...
... boat - voyages , traced the coast from Point Barrow to the estuary of the Back River . They laid down portions of Wol- laston Land , and of King William's Island . Thus , the only gap in the completion of the North - West Passage was a ...
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